Wicked Edge WE130 Precision Sharpener

The WE130 is our most versatile sharpener. It offers you the ability to clamp the widest variety of knife grinds, gives you the widest range of angles and the ability to adjust the angles independently. These features create a sharpening system with a highly controlled level of precision for the serious knife enthusiast.
The WE130 Precision Sharpener includes our patented Generation 3 Cam-Lock Vise. This vise is ideal for accommodating a wide variety of knife grinds, including fully flat and hollow ground blades. The Split Jaw Design of the vise allows the jaws to flex so they can firmly grasp distally tapered blades, like many everyday-carry pocket knives and kitchen knives. It offers an expansive range of sharpening angles, allowing you to sharpen a wide assortment of blades, from 13 to 35 degrees per side. Blades with wider angles, such as daggers, cleavers, bushcraft knives and blades with chisel grinds, are all possible on this sharpener, as well as blades with low angles, like many Japanese knives and many knives made from modern super steels. The WE130 also provides independent angle adjustment, allowing you to sharpen asymmetrical grinds.
For avid sharpeners, collectors and knife enthusiasts, the desire to retain the original design or a custom bevel on your knife is paramount to your passion for knives. This sharpener offers coarse angle adjustments in 1 degree increments and micro adjustments of .05 degrees, giving you the flexibility to match the original bevels of your knives without the need to modify the knife’s original grind or unnecessarily remove access material.
The included 10” Guide Rods will allow you to handle knives up to 15 inches in length and the vise has a maximum clamping capacity of 3/16” with an optional attachment (sold separately) for clamping knives with thicknesses up to 1/4". The WE130 Sharpener can be easily mounted to a home workstation or it can be mounted to any of the bases we offer, with the provided hardware.
Made in the USA
Guide Rod pivots: Ball-Joint/L-bracket
Angle Range: 13-35 degrees
Angle Setting: Manual, independent angle adjustment on both sides of the sharpener
Main angle Adjustment: 1 degree increments
Micro Adjustment: 0.05 degree increments
Vise: Fully enclosed Generation 3 Vise
Clamping System: Generation 3 Cam-Lock Jaws with Lever and tension adjustment to accommodate different blade thicknesses
Jaws: Split jaws which will flex to firmly clamp distally tapered blades
Knife Alignment: Standard Wicked Edge Alignment Guide
Blade Depth Regulation: Standard Wicked Edge Depth Key with two settings for height adjustment
Guide Rod Length: 10 inches

Product Details

Weight (oz)

90

Source

From Maker

ABOUT THE MAKER

Wicked Edge

Founded by Clay Allison in 2007, Wicked Edge was inspired by a desire to achieve a perfect, lasting knife edge using a system that allowed that edge to be repeated. Clay ran a successful elk outfitting business for 15 years in southern Colorado. His frustration in the field, and having to bring 3 or 4 knives and a sharpener on each hunt made him think "there's got to be a better way." After several months of brainstorming and trial-and-error, the Wicked Edge Precision Sharpener was born in Clay's garage. 10 years later, the Wicked Edge is widely regarded as the best knife sharpening system in the world. We now have seven sharpener models, over fifty accessories, and three Pro-Packs which combine our sharpening systems and accessories to make the ultimate sharpening kits.